January 25, 2017
Real Madrid remove cross from crest to avoid upsetting Middle Eastern audience
Merchandise will not feature traditional club crest in bid to placate target audience.
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January 24, 2017
Top of the league, but still Zidane has to silence Real Madrid critics
A 40-match unbeaten run is one thing, but woe betide the team that then loses the game.
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January 24, 2017
Clubs unhappy with 48-team World Cup, warns ECA chief Rummenigge
Head of ECA warns Fifa that the clubs may not stand for the World Cup expansion.
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January 23, 2017
Paddy Agnew’s Notes from Italy: audacious Allegri has Juventus back on track
After last week's defeat to Fiorentina, Juventus coach Massimo Allegri went back to the drawing board and decided to introduce a new playing system.
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January 23, 2017
Nick Bidwell’s Notes from Germany: brilliant Lewandowski rides to Bayern’s rescue
Bayern Munich returned from the winter break looking rusty, but in Robert Lewandowski they have a proven match winner.
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January 20, 2017
Diego Costa is fit and ready to play for Chelsea again, but he may not get a game
Chelsea striker is back in the matchday squad, but he may have to settle for a place on the bench.
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January 20, 2017
Images of the week
African Nations Cup and an FA Cup giant killing all feature in our images of the week.
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January 20, 2017
Wenger confident that China poses no immediate threat to European football supremacy
China poses no threat says Wenger, although impact on wage inflation could hurt European clubs.
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January 20, 2017
Best best of the weekend: in-form Harry Kane looks a good price to deepen Man City woes
In the big Premier League encounter of the weekend, Harry Kane looks a decent price to score.
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January 19, 2017
Germany’s Bundesliga approves use of video assistant referees
Use of video assistant referees will begin next season in Germany's Bundesliga.
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January 19, 2017
Argentinian football faces ‘terminal crisis’ beyond anything it has seen before
Argentina President says enough is enough as he refuses to offer any more state assistance for football.
